Copilot Delegate

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Wants to delegate implementation work to Copilot - phrasings like have Copilot implement X
• Delegate this to copilot
• Run it through Copilot CLI
• Use copilot to implement/fix/refactor -

Example prompts

• “have Copilot implement X”
• “delegate this to copilot”
• “run it through Copilot CLI”
• “/copilot-delegate”

Requirements

• Node.js
• A credential in COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
• A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files.

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Write a brief
2. 2Dispatch
3. 3Wait for completion
4. 4Review — do not trust the self-report
5. 5Land it

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8ef0210. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (JavaScript), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git
  • node
  • npm

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
  • GH_TOKEN
  • GITHUB_TOKEN

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Copilot Delegate loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 144 tokens; SKILL.md has 796 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~144

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.8k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~6.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from amElnagdy/delegate-skills at commit 8ef0210, republished under its MIT licence (© amElnagdy). 796 words, ~1,791 tokens.

name

copilot-delegate

description

Delegate a coding task to the GitHub Copilot CLI (`copilot`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to delegate implementation work to Copilot - phrasings like "have Copilot implement X", "delegate this to copilot", "run it through Copilot CLI", or "use copilot to implement/fix/refactor" - or wants to run a queue of coding tasks through Copilot while staying the reviewer. DO NOT USE for tasks small enough to do inline, or when the user wants the code written directly without delegating.

compatibility

Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files.

license

MIT

metadata.version

0.5.0

node "<skill-dir>/scripts/relay.mjs" --brief brief.txt --cd /path/to/repo
# choose a model:                    add --model <name>
# set reasoning effort:              add --effort <level>
# read-only planning pass:           add --read-only  (forces --mode plan)
# full tool autonomy:                add --allow-all-tools
# hard time limit (watchdog):        add --timeout 2h   (the 30m default suits brief runs)
# resume a session:                  add --session <id>  or  --resume-last
# see all options:                   node .../relay.mjs --help

© amElnagdy, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in skills/copilot-delegate of amElnagdy/delegate-skills.

• SKILL.md
• references/dispatch-and-poll.md
• references/multi-task-queues.md
• references/review-and-land.md
• references/writing-the-brief.md
• scripts/relay.mjs

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8ef0210

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in amElnagdy/delegate-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• majiayu000/claude-skill-registryskills/bash/copilot-delegate